McNair Shah(@Mcn_S7):I think there is a general tendency to define the strength of mechinterp as ‘ability to produce cot-esque text about model reasoning’ (e.x. NLAs) I think this incorrectly ignores mechinterp research as a way to build fundamental understanding and intuition about model behavior I agree that we probably won’t get to tools that make us happy by hillclimbing the first in <1 year, but I disagree that we won’t be able to make useful leaps in our understanding per the second

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McNair Shah@Mcn_S7

2026.09.02 09:04

I think there is a general tendency to define the strength of mechinterp as ‘ability to produce cot-esque text about model reasoning’ (e.x. NLAs) I think this incorrectly ignores mechinterp research as a way to build fundamental understanding and intuition about model behavior I agree that we probably won’t get to tools that make us happy by hillclimbing the first in <1 year, but I disagree that we won’t be able to make useful leaps in our understanding per the second